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Physical activity, functional limitations and disability in older adults
Author(s)Michael E Miller, W Jack Rejeski, Beth A Reboussin
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 10, October 2000
Pagespp 1264-1272
KeywordsExercise ; Mobility ; Physical disabilities ; Ill health ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
AnnotationAnalysis concentrated on 5151 men and women over 70 from the US Longitudinal Study on Ageing (LSOA), interviewed in 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1990, to explore how low levels of physical activity influence lower body functional limitations. Changes in functional limitations are used subsequently to predict transitions in activities of daily living (ADLs) and instrumental ADL (IADL) disability. There is evidence that functional limitations can mediate the effect that physical activity has on ADL/IADL disability, and that physical activity can reduce the progression of disability in older people. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-001211206 A
ClassmarkCEA: C4: BN: CH: 3J: 7T

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